Isaiah 22:15-25

Evangelical Heritage Version

Go to this administrator Shebna, who is in charge of the palace, and ask him, ¹⁶ “What are you doing here? Who gave you permission to carve a tomb here?”

(Shebna was carving out a tomb for himself on a height, chiseling a resting place for himself in the cliff!)

¹⁷ Watch out! The Lord is going to hurl you away violently, you ordinary man.^[a] He is going to grab you tightly, ¹⁸ whirl you around and around,^[b] and throw you like a ball into the open countryside. There you will die, and your glorious chariots will be there, to the shame of your master’s house. ¹⁹ I will expel you from your office. You will be thrown out from your position.

²⁰ On that day I will call for my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah. ²¹ I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority into his hand, and he will be a father for those who live in Jerusalem and for the house of Judah. ²² I will place the key of the house of David on his shoulder. Whatever he opens, no one will shut. Whatever he shuts, no one will open. ²³ I will drive him like a nail into a solid place. He will be an honored throne for the house of his father. ²⁴ They will hang all the splendor of his father’s house on him: the branches and leaves,^[c] and all the small containers, from the large bowls all the way down to the smallest juglets.^[d]

²⁵ In that day, says the Lord of Armies, the nail that was driven into a solid place will give way. It will be sheared off and fall down. The load hanging on it will be cut off, because the Lord has spoken.